Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law
Woit, Peter
ISBN 10: 0465092756 ISBN 13: 9780465092758
Published by Basic Books (AZ), 2006
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At what point does theory depart the realm of testable hypothesis and come to resemble something like aesthetic speculation, or even theology? The legendary physicist Wolfgang Pauli had a phrase for such ideas: He would describe them as "not even wrong," meaning that they were so incomplete that they could not even be used to make predictions to compare with observations to see whether they were wrong or not. In Peter Woit's view, superstring theory is just such...
About the Author:
Peter Woit is a lecturer in the mathematics department of Columbia University, where in recent years he has taught graduate courses in quantum field theory, representation theory, and differential geometry. His math and physics blog, Not Even Wrong (www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress), has been featured in Discover , Seed , and New Scientist . He lives in New York.
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Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
Publication Date: 2006
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